I Funded Their Empire for Years, So They Sent Me the Bill novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: The Gala
"Good," I said. "Then nobody can say they didn't see it."
"See what, dear?"
"Ottoline, where does the solicitor buy his navy card?"
There was a pause on the line, and then the sound of a woman smiling.
"A stationer's on Nassau Street," she said. "Ask for the silver ribbon. They'll know."
Fitzsimons & Sons had never looked so beautiful.
On Thursday night the shop on Dawson Street was all candlelight and white flowers, with the glass cases lit from inside.
Two hundred people in black tie stood on the old floorboards with champagne.
A string quartet played in the corner where the American couple had chosen a christening cup.
In the middle of the floor, on a plinth draped in grey velvet, stood the Wedding Cup.
The silversmiths were there in white shirts and black ties, carrying trays. Cecily had made them staff for the night.
The engraver caught my eye as I came in and gave me a nod so small it barely moved his glasses.
I came in on Petra's arm.
She was still Mrs Fitzsimons on the list. Nobody at the door had the nerve to stop her plus-one.
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